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Originally Posted by Mayflower  You have to ask your self, if you want to believe this or if this is done through a honest study. |
There is the question of what precisely the difference is between Presbyterian and Independency. Owen rejected completely the view that the local congregation was a democracy of any sorts and opposed the idea that members should vote for ministers. He clearly saw that the biblical view was that elders rule, now as to the relations between independent congregations he saw that in matters of faith there had to be unity between them and he saw that local congregations could work togther. In short, it was a mild presbyterianism.
